Message from the Division Head
The UBC Division of Critical Care is a collaborative and multidisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists, leaders, and educators who advocate for the diverse critically ill patients and populations of British Columbia and beyond in a way that is respectful, inclusive, timely, and sustainable.Our Division contributes to the UBC Faculty of Medicine Vision, “Transforming Health for Everyone” by providing extraordinary critical care through innovation, education, collaboration and advocacy.
I am continually humbled and inspired by the dedication of our faculty to their patients, their teams, their learners, and their communities. Our faculty exemplify the best values of the profession. We believe excellence is achieved by:
- Compassion: Showing kindness and empathy to ourselves and to others
- Integrity: Leading by example to be honest, ethical, truthful, and transparent in all our interactions;
- Collaboration: Working together to provide extraordinary critical care by working together across disciplines
- Innovation: Advancing knowledge and translating new discoveries to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities;
- Social Responsibility and Accountability: Advocating for our profession and our patients through a commitment to equity, diversity, decolonization, and inclusiveness.
Faculty of Medicine Vision: Transforming Health for Everyone
Mission
Who we are: The UBC Division of Critical Care is a collaborative and multidisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists, leaders, and educators who advocate for the diverse critically ill patients and populations of British Columbia and beyond in a way that is respectful, inclusive, timely, and sustainable.
The UBC Division of Critical Care supports extraordinary critical care through:
- Collaborative and culturally safe Clinical care
- Innovation and Research Initiatives
- Inclusive and Accountable Leadership
- Education across the continuum and globally
Who we do it for: We serve the diverse populations of British Columbia and beyond, providing the best critical care possible to patients and communities along the continuum of care in quaternary, tertiary, regional, community and rural and remote settings.
Our Goals
Collaborative and Culturally Safe Clinical Care
- Promote a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Innovation and Research Initiatives
- Be recognized for global excellence in academic research, with strong partnerships with affiliated research institutes, centres, community partners, and units across UBC and beyond
- Reduce barriers to research progress and enable a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
- Integrate knowledge exchange across research and educational activities
- Ensure that the research we do is relevant and equitable to the populations we serve
Inclusive and Accountable Leadership
- Promote safe, respectful, and inclusive learning and working environments through commitment to equity, diversity, decolonization, and inclusion (EDDI)
- Promote a sustainable career in critical care delivery that is inclusive and celebrates diversity
Education Across the Continuum and Globally
- Instill a culture of continuous learning and provide support and effective tools that prepare current and future health practitioners, educators, and researchers to collectively serve the evolving health needs of our community including rural and Indigenous communities
- Continuously identify emerging needs, expand, and renew our innovative education programs, optimize learning outcomes and enable interdisciplinary and interprofessional learning
- Attract a diverse group of applicants and provide a rich learning experience through our unique distributed model, strong teaching faculty and renowned educational programs and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
With gratitude, we acknowledge that the Division of Critical Care and its sites, which resides on four university academic campuses, are located on traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples around the province of British Columbia
We respectfully acknowledge that the:
- UBC Vancouver-Point Grey academic campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and UBC operations in Vancouver more generally are also on the territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh);
- UBC Okanagan academic campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation;
- University of Northern BC Prince George campus is located on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, who are part of the Dakelh (Carrier) First Nations;
- lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territories the University of Victoria is located and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
